Lux Awards 2016 winners revealed

The team from Michael Grubb Studio celebrating their Lux Award win for the Lush store in Manchester's Arndale Centre.

The best lighting products, projects and companies leading innovation and change were recognised at the 2016 Lux Awards in London last night.

The Awards were presented in front of 850 lighting professionals at a gala event at the O2 InterContinental on the final night of the LuxLive 2016 exhibition.

From over 200 nominations, the judges drew up the initial shortlists, tested products and visited projects the length and breadth of the UK to see them in action for themselves.

THE 2016 WINNERS IN FULL:

Retail Lighting Project of the Year

in association with Dubai Lighting Week

Winner: Lush, Arndale Centre, Manchester - Michael Grubb Studio

This trial installation at the Lush outlet was a big success: the number of fittings was halved, energy was cut by 50 per cent and the merchandise was made the hero with ‘high quality, immersive’ lighting, resulting in a rise in sales. The new-format lighting design is set to rolled out nationwide.

The judges thought that Brightgreen's work on the imax iused lighting and control to ‘bring the building alive’.

Interior Luminaire of the Year

In association with Harvard Technology

Winner: Lateralo Plus LED - Trilux

Judges described the Lateralo Plus LED as a ‘beautifully realised’ luminaire with ‘exceptional engineering’ and ‘attention to detail’.

Highly Commended: Supersystem 2 - Zumtobel

Commended: Beacon Tune - Concord by Feilo Sylvania

Commended: Moda Mini Cove - Moda Light

Commended: Prismaspace - Holophane Europe

The Lux Awards judges praised the Lateralo Plus LED as a ‘beautifully realised’ luminaire with ‘exceptional engineering’.

Exterior Luminaire of the Year

in association with the LIA Laboratories

Winner: P862 - CU Phosco

This luminaire ‘ticked all the boxes’ of what an exterior luminaire should be.

Highly Commended: Cells - Reggiani

Highly Commended: Color-Amp - GVA Lighting

This P862 ‘ticked all the boxes’ of what an exterior luminaire should be, the judges said.

Emergency Lighting Product of the Year

in association with ICEL

Winner: CrystalWay - Eaton

Judges described the CrystalWay range as ‘elegant’ and ‘superbly engineered’.

Highly Commended: Panel Pod Emergency - Ansell Lighting

Commended: EyeNut Combined Emergency - Harvard Technology

Commended: FED/3 - Liteplan

The Lux judges described the CrystalWay range as ‘elegant’ and ‘superbly engineered’.

Connected Lighting Innovation of the Year

Sponsored by Osram

Winner: Gooee

The judges cited Gooee for delivering an ‘extraordinary toolbox of technology’ that’s ‘ahead of its time in both scale and ambition’.

Highly Commended: CX-Series - Beckhoff Automation

Commended: SLM - Samsung

Gooee won the first ever connected lighting prize at this year's Lux Awards. The technology was praised by the judges as being an ‘extraordinary toolbox of technology’.

Enabling technology of the Year

in association with Strategies in Light

Winner: Bloom Unit - migenius

Judges cited Bloom Unit as product that was a ‘step change’ in lighting design. By ‘leveraging the power of cloud computing’ migenius had delivered a product that allows renders ‘of awesome scope and accuracy’.

Highly Commended: Araya5 Logic Module - Lumenetix

Highly Commended: UltraFlat System - Osram

Commended: Tile Premium - Cooledge

The Lux judges cited Bloom Unit as product that was a ‘step change’ in lighting design.

Controls Product of the Year

in association with LEDs magazine

Winner: Casambi - Casambi Technologies

Judges described the Casambi app-based system as harnessing the power of the internet to create a ‘cost-effective yet polished’ lighting control system that’s ‘perfect for residential applications’.

Highly Commended: Active+ - Helvar

Highly Commended: Lumentalk - Lumenpulse

Commended: LightShape - eldoLED

Judges described the Casambi app-based system as harnessing the power of the internet to create a ‘cost-effective yet polished’ lighting control system

Recycling Project of the Year

Sponsored by Recolight and Lumicom

Winner: Dexreco

Judges described Dexreco as ‘example to the industry’ of what can be achieved in recycling lighting products.

The team from Dexreco pick up their prize at this year's Lux Awards

Manufacturer of the Year

In association with Arrow

Winner: Holophane Europe

The judges said Holophane Europe ‘consistently delivers’. It is developing a suite of ‘great’ LED products and is ‘embracing the digitisation of lighting’ with ‘confidence and flair’.

Highly Commended: Helvar

Highly Commended: Samsung

Holophane Europe ‘consistently delivers’ in developing a suite of ‘great’ LED products for warehouse lighting, the judges said.

Client of the Year

Sponsored by Dextra

Winner: Transport for London

The judges said TfL was an ‘exemplar client’ who ‘supported engineering excellence’. It has ‘consistently supported the industry’ by ‘pro-actively using lighting to address the challenges across its estate’.

The Lux judges said TfL was an ‘exemplar client’ who ‘supported engineering excellence’.

SLL Young Lighter of the Year

In association with Aurora

Sofia Tolia

Sofia Tolia wins the SLL Young Lighter of the Year prize at the Lux Awards.

Lux Person of the Year

Sponsored by Samsung

Professor Russell Foster

Professor Russell Foster is a distinguished neuroscientist based at Brasenose College in Oxford. He led the team which was responsible for a major a breakthrough which could completely transform lighting in buildings. The Oxford University scientists identified a group of photosensitive cells in the eyes which were unknown to science. These cells hold the key to our understanding of our body clock, and how light affects us in profound ways, and discoveries of this type are creating a whole new genre called circadian lighting.

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